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<p>Latitude 26 restaurant, Naples, FL Latitude 26 is a restaurant in the Hyatt House in Naples, FL. As the astute reader may surmise, Latitude 26 is one set of coordinates of the geographic coordinate system encompassing Naples, FL. The Hyatt House is an extended stay branding of part of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation. The restaurant [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Naples Originals is a consortium of almost 40 locally owned restaurants. The main purpose of Naples Originals is marketing member restaurants. To this end, they promote fostering an appreciation of local restaurants as well as other businesses. At the end of the day, locally owned restaurants and businesses enhance their environments by providing a diverse [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Spice Club Indian Grill (SC) is a restaurant in San Carlos Park, FL serving traditional Indian cuisine. I had seen a lot of complimentary comments online about SC and decided to go and take a look. The owner, Shahinoor, had an Indian Restaurant in the UK for 5 years and decided to take up shop [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Masa Restaurant, Naples, FL Masa is a restaurant in Naples, FL serving contemporary Mexican cuisine. It has been in operation since 2012. What is contemporary Mexican cuisine you may ask? This is food that retains it&#8217;s classic foundation and flavors but is perhaps sourced from local ingredients and/or is an interpretation of the original. I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Babcock Ranch, Punta Gorda, FL  Babcock Ranch (BR) is a residential and commercial development in Southwest Florida of approximately 18,000 acres. Half of this area will be devoted to greenways, lakes and parks and less than 10 percent for commercial use; the remainder used for residential development. BR also has an accompanying nature preserve that has an [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Riptide Brewing Company, Naples, FL Riptide Brewing Company (RBC) is a microbrewery in Naples, FL. They opened in the fall of 2015 and were the second microbrewery to open in the city of Naples. As with most, if not all of the microbreweries in Southwest Florida, RBC has a very friendly, community-oriented vibe. They feature [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Main dining area, True Food Kitchen Fox Restaurant Concepts (Fox) is a consortium of close to 60 restaurants in 13 different states. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Fox currently operates under 16 different banners. These include Culinary Dropout, The Arrogant Butcher, Flower Child and Dough Bird; names that are quirky but very much get your attention. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>  Carrabba&#8217;s World&#8217;s Largest Wine Dinner Carrabba&#8217;s Italian Grill (Carrabba&#8217;s) is a restaurant casual dining chain that operates at the time of this writing almost 250 locations. A casual dining restaurant typically offers reasonably priced food with table service in a casual atmosphere. Carrabba&#8217;s is part of the Bloomin&#8217; Brands consortium whose banners include Bonefish [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Attendees, St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Parade, Naples, FL St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. March 17th is traditionally recognized as the day of his death, celebrated as St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. St. Patrick is significant for bringing Christianity to Ireland. It was said that Patrick used a shamrock to explain the Christian concept of the Holy Trinity to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Continental The Continental, Naples, FL is a restaurant in Naples, FL. They have been in operation for about 2 and 1/2 years. The Continental is part of the D&#8217;Amico and Partners local empire of restaurants including Cafe Lurcat, Campiello, Masa and D&#8217;Amico and Sons. As you enter The Continental, there are a number of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Slow Food is a movement started in Italy almost 30 years ago in response to a fast food chain wanting to open a restaurant near an important cultural and historical site in Rome. Since it&#8217;s inception, Slow Food&#8217;s present membership is over 150,000 in 150 different countries with 170 local chapters. They espouse a number [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Nobody knows how grilled meats entered the food chain. Like coffee, anthropologists can only guess.The following is adapted from a posting of the history of barbecue from AmazingRibs.com, a site dedicated to all things grilled (by permission of the author). Ancient man probably happened upon a cooked carcass after a forest fire and liked what [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tap room, Fort Myers Brewing Company The craft beer scene has been rapidly expanding in The United States since the early part of the 21st century. In 2015, craft beer sales were 13 percent of the total volume of beer sold accounting for 21 percent of all monies spent on beer in this country. Certainly, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Naples Originals is a consortium of almost 40 locally owned restaurants. The main purpose of Naples Originals is marketing member restaurants. To this end, they promote fostering an appreciation of local restaurants as well as other businesses. At the end of the day, locally owned restaurants and businesses enhance their environments by providing a diverse [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Here is another installment from local retired Master Sommelier Barrie Larvin&#8217;s wine blog, Windows On Wine. To read a bit about how wine, coffee and though not mentioned here, foods, have seemed to meld, go Here. Cheers!</p>

<p>Catch 41, Naples, FL Catch 41 Bar &#8220;n&#8221; Grill is a restaurant in the Ramada Inn in Naples, FL. The Executive Chef is David Lani, and he was kind enough to invite a dining companion and I to sample some of the items served there. As of this writing Catch 41 has been open for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Triad Seafood Market and Cafe, Everglades City Triad Seafood Market and Cafe is a restaurant and market in Everglades City, FL. Triad specializes in, as the astute reader would guess, seafood. Having read good reviews online my dining companion and I decided to stop here on our way to a night sky outing at Big [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Ocean Prime, Naples, FL Ocean Prime is a restaurant in The Inn on Fifth in Naples, FL. It was once part of The Inn on Fifth as Avenue Five, but was leased out to an independent restaurateur. Ocean Prime has about 14 locations nationwide, and looks to be an upscale dining destination somewhat like Darden&#8217;s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>  Sydney&#8217;s Pub, Tiburón Golf Club Tiburón is a residential and golf development in Naples, FL. Developed in the late 1990&#8217;s, it is also home to the Ritz&#8211;Carlton Golf Resort, Naples. Tiburón means &#8220;shark&#8221; in Spanish. It reflects the moniker &#8220;great white shark&#8221; given to the champion golfer, Greg Norman, who designed the golf courses here. Tiburón [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Mikkelsen&#8217;s Pastry Shop, Naples, FL The American Culinary Federation (ACF) is a professional organization of chefs, cooks, food industry professionals and food enthusiasts. They have about 200 chapters nationwide and 20,000 members. They offer training, accreditation, scholarship, and certification to foster growth in the culinary arts. The ACF Naples Chefs are the Collier County, FL [&hellip;]</p>